After Evacuation, Suspicious Package Determined to Be Safe

The fifth floor of Penn State’s Student Health Center was evacuated Tuesday morning after a staff member reported a suspicious package to Penn State Police.

The report was made at 9:10 a.m. and an all-clear was issued at 10:45 a.m. after a hazardous device team analyzed the package and found it was of no danger.

Before finding it to be safe, bomb squad personnel determined that because of the package’s size and weight, only the fifth floor needed to be temporarily evacuated. Staff members in the rest of the building were notified and allowed to evacuate at their discretion, according to a release from the university.

The package raised suspicion because ‘it was received unexpectedly from overseas with excessive packing tape and no return address,’ according to the university.

Staff members have been permitted to return to their offices in the building.